Do they want Baphomet in their schools? Because this is how you get Baphomet in your schools.

  • BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    “The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. J. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments’ "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”

    There is NO WAY to say this with a straight face. We all know what you’re fucking doing, just admit it.

    • Coasting0942@reddthat.com
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      6 months ago

      We historically feared satanism too. Should probably post their commandments “so that the kids know what to watch for”. Right next to the biblical ones.

      1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
      2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
      3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
      4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
      5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
      6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
      7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
      8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
      9. Do not harm little children.
      10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
      11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
      • flames5123@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Satanism is weird. Let’s use The Satanic Temple tenets instead:
        I
        One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

        II
        The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

        III
        One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

        IV
        The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.

        V
        Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.

        VI
        People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

        VII
        Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      1·
      6 months ago

      Ah, yes. Very foundational to our legal system. The First Commandment (using the version usually touted by evangelicals):

      You shall have no other gods.

      That’s why we didn’t pass the Bill of Rights with the US Constitution. Because the First Amendment there states people shall have freedom of religion, and that would contradict the First Commandment.

    • PoastRotato@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      it is the Ten Commandments’ "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”

      Alright, so let’s put them up right next to the Hammurabi Code, which is also majorly significant to history and our legal system. Maybe highlight the part about how Hammurabi was chosen by the Babylonian gods as the ultimate arbiter of justice.

    • FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      Then certainly he will want to post the Mayflower Compact which says “to each according to their needs from each according to their means”.